Achievements
Since its inception the laboratory has developed and established a number of frontline technologies in the area of metallurgy and material science. These are categorised as follows:
- Armour & Ammunition
- Aerospace
- Naval Applications
- Other Functional Applications
The major achievements in each of these categories are given below
Armour and Ammunition
- Steel and Tungsten heavy alloy FSAPDS (leading to establishment of HAPP at Tiruchirapally)
- Kanchan armour for MBT
- Jackal steel armour for armoured vehicles and personnel protection
- Light weight armour for airborne vehicles
Aerospace
- Brake pads for Aircrafts
- Nickel based superalloys for aeroengine applications
- Super plastically formed air bottles for aerospace applications
- High stiffness light weight Aluminium-Lithium alloys and high strength aluminium alloys
- Thermal barrier coatings
- Investment casting technology for modern turbojet aerofoil castings
- Investment cast components for jet fuel starter (JFS) of LCA “Tejas”
- P/M (HIP stainless steel integral turbine rotor
- Ultra high strength low alloy steel DMR 1700 for aerospace applications
- Near alpha titanium alloy for aerospace applications
- Titanium aluminides for aerospace application
- Titanium sponge extraction from indigenous Titanium Tetra-chloride and electrolysis of Magnesium from Magnesium Chloride
Naval Applications
- HSLA steels for naval structural applications
- Suspension band assembly for torpedo application
- Light weight aluminium alloy castings for torpedo applications